Wire-fabric machine.



l G'. W., WHITTINGTON.

WIRB FABRIG MACHINE. v APPLIOATION FILED DEO.11, 1911. l 1,061,432,Patented May 13, 1913.

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WIRE FABRIC MACHINE. APPLIoATIoN FILED 13110.11', 1911.

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' G. W. WHITTINGTON' WIRE FABRIC MACHINE. A

APPLICATION FILED DEOII, 1911c 1,061,432, Patented May 13, 1913.

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l WIREIABRIG MACHINE. APPLIOATIONHLED DB0.11, 1911.

1,061,412.22 Patented May13, 1913.

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G. W. WHITTINGTON.

WIRE FABRIC MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1120.11.1911.

1,061,432. Patented May`13, 1913.

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.To all whom it may-coacemi Y l O Be it known that I, GEORGE .'W. WHIT-T1No'ioN,-a citizen of the United States, a. resident of Indianapolis,count-y of Marion, and State of4 Indiana, have invented a 'certainuseful Wire-Fabric Machine; and I ido' herebydeclare that the followingis 'a full, clear, and exact descript-ion thereof, refer, ence beinghadto the accompanying d'rawingS.`

a machine which will automatical construct diamond mesh wire'fabric inwhich the .cross or me'sh wires are continuous.. a`nd out the use oflseparate tie wires.

' which are secured to thestrahd wires witlifI the construction by whichthe rnanufai'stule of'thewire `fabric-is continuous and -thestrandwiresare not. checked'periodicallyin their progress throu h the vmachinefor the purpose ot havin t e mesh wires secured thereto, butthe. ndbetween thel strand and mesh wires is madefwhile the' strand wires arebeing 'fed through the machine.,

y The wire-'fabric not only travelsfall of the" time through themachine, but always' at duction in thespeed while the mesh wires" arebeing secured to thev strandwires. This enables the machine toconstructwi'refabric very' rapidly .and not only increases theVcapacity-of the machine, but decreases the cost of the machine. y

-Aafurther feature lies inthe manner in which a single twistof thedouble mesh wire is made the equivalent of; the' double twist of asingle wire, imparting great stiff- .other-so that such mesh wirewhenthe fabric isfni'shed,willbe zigzag and the bends' therein will bebent around or `united to theI strand wires, and the bends of eachadjacent pair of zigzag mesh wires are united to the 'strand wiresbetween them at the samel points. Hence the mesh `vire does not travelacross either strand wire during the making thereof. At each bend thereits a double The object of this* invention: isV to *provide Atwist so-.as tr give'frapidity and strehgth-tq theuniona'n to-fthe fence.l

The'natufe-of' theinvention will beunder'- ood from the accompanyingdrawingsandv :the following-desem tionan'd claims.

Avation -ofthe fence making machine. .2 is -arightfend elevation of themachine as Aseeninl Fig. '3 a lleft-end elevation fmachi'nej-'with`portions omitted. 1F i 5 .is fa v'e rtical-sectio'nll on theline 5--5 ofig. 2, withjrportions broken away and showing `the 'meshfwire-shiftmechanism. Fig. 6 shows 'the same'in jan altered position. 'Fig 7 showsing-perspectives. portion of the mesh wire guidi and shifting arms, andwith .altered :positions show-n' by dotted. lines.

is af'section on the line 8 8 of F' 1, wi the' wi'esremovedand portionsbro en away :and 'showing the' twister carrying means in' elevation.Fig. 9 is a plan view of 'that which is shown in Fig. 8. Fig. '10' is4aside elevation' of a twister wheel as seen -on the line'lOIO o.Fig. 8,and. with the strand and mesh wires lying therein. Fig 11 shows` thesame as Fig. 10 after the #twister wheel has v.made one completerevolutonR-fllFig. 12 vis a section on the line 12-f1v2of Fig. 10. fFig. 13 shows in detail' Athe bond between an intermediate strand-wireand two mesh wires. Fig. 14 shows thebondfbetweena marginal wireand a mesh wire. Figi 15 isa 'vertical section .on

the line 15-f15 of Fig. 1. Fig. 16 shows the .twister "drivingmechanism, with por- 't-ions 'broken away-and on a larger scale thanshown in Fig. 4. Fi 17 shows a portion of a finished lfence abrio inelevation. Fig. 18 is a .plan view of the same'. Fi'g. 19 is a verticalsection on the'line `19--19 of Fig. 2, 'showing the reel for thefinished fabric.y Fig. 20 is a transverse section on the line 20-20ff'of'F ig. 19. Fig. 2 1 is a. longitu'dinal section on the line 21--21 'ofFig; 20.

The nature of the'fefwe fabric-The kind 'of wire fencing or fabric whichthis machine is intended to make is illustrated in Figs. 17 and 18, withthe mode of securing the mesh wires -to the strand wires 'being shown inFigs-.13 and 14. This fabric consists of longitudinal or lstrand wires10, the number thereofbelngimmaterial, and cross or mesh Patented May13;1e13.

In the drawings, igure 1 is afroritA elewires* 1.1 1which individuallylettend back rand forth between each pair of strand wires Tand aresecured thereto in the manner lhereinafter described without the use oftziew'ires of 'any sort. The strand wires 'may be Y straght,'.but arepreferably crimped somep whatfor the well knownpuiose of permit-A tingthe fabric to .adjust itsel under changes of temperature.

making acute angles with the strand wires and the doubled end of theadjacent cross' wires on the two sidesof a ran'd wire bei ing twistedtogether 'once' about-thel strandv wire. tween each'of the mesh andstrand wires is By this construction the" bond Vbe'- the same at anypointalong'the fence and the manufacture thereof is much simplified.fencing in' which thestrand wires which lie closest to the;

when it is desired to make ground, are closertogether than those at thetop of the fence.

- it; may .be considered under-.the following- I upon a vlongitudinallyextending shaft 29 by v y means of a vchain 3 shafts, hereafterexplained.

'machine and has General structure o'f :Hte.imachine.--Looking nowat'the construction of themachine,

parts, namely, frame,` driving mechanism,

.. strandwire feeding mechanism,-the-fmesh wirefeeding mechanism, andthe means for securing theme'sh wires to the, strand wires:

The f rame consists of I rectangular Y end plates 12 having port-ionsout away ,toy leave. 'a -horizontal -stit'ener 13 stiffener A14;. Saidend plates lare tied gether by Vmeans of a longitudinal rod 15 an'angle. plate 16 and bar 6() and .various A transverse chine, havebearing 23 and .24, respectively,

secured upon t-he horizontal members 2O of said frames 12.

4Driv-ng mechanism-Power.. Afrom :any

desired -source is app1ied1'to` the .driving pulley 18 upon the shaft 17which has a pinion.123 secured thereon which meshes with a gear 124 uponone endof the intermediate shaft 21, see Fi s. 2 and 3, and uponV theother endof said s aft 21 a pinion 25 is secured Awhich meshes withcavgear 26 Upon the -other upon the twister shaft 22. end of the shaft 22a sprocket' Wheel 27 is secured which drives a sprocket wheel 28 A'geax` 31,1secured upon thev shaft 29; meshes with'a4 second l gear'r32upon a shaft 33 which has 'bearings 34 upon the lower part ofthe "frames12.l

The wheels 35,and,36 respectively, are secured upon the shafts 29 'and33 at. desired intervals for the purpose of crimping the The vcrossWires are'zigzag' and, as before mentioned, there 1s a continui V- ouscross wire foreach pair of strand w1res,

and' a 1 vertical Astrand wires,V sprocket wheel 37 is se cured upon theintermediatezshaft 21 wit'hin theframe and drives the reel forthefinished fabricby means of a chainv 38 and a sprocket wheel 39Nsecure'dupon a shaft 40, upon `which 'the reel'lismounted.' A short shaft 41 ismounted in 4a bearing 42 on the horizontal bar 13 'of' one. end frameand has4 a gear 43 secured upon its 'outer end which meshes with thevgear 26`upo'n the s haft 22, w

-before mentioned.' Both the -ge'ars 2 6 and 43 have a series'of sixoutwardly projecting -lugs 146,v .thereon and the'gears are so timed Vasto alternately engage and oscillate anarm ,"46 upon a'shaft 47 mounted-in Abearings 48 "secured on lt-he vertical side bals of the right endframe, as see'n in Fig.2. pon one endlof the shaft .47, and at the frontof the machine, "a rocking lever 49'is secured and to its' ends the bars50 and 51 are secured, respectively. `The other ends of thev bars 50 and51 are secured to the strand wire shifterba-rs and 52, respectively, see

1,5 and 7. ffti'amf 'wire feeding. 'mechanism- The 'Strand wiresfrom thereels54 pass between -thecrimpingfwhjeel's-35 and.3 6 and from Athence.areled yupward and fallfffat the proper.tirne,into the s'lots'55 in thetwister "wheels fmourgtjed upon the outer vends of the arms57r'o`fthspiders 58. The shaft -29 heini driyen 'from the shaft 22 by means yofthec ain 30, sprockets 27 and 28, andthe Vshaft'l33' beingrdrivenfromthe 'shaft 29 by means: of the gears. 3l and 32, the strand Wires"are'always. under tensionfrom the crimping wheels 35 and 36 upon saidshafts 29' and- 33 ltothetwister' wheels 56. The

crimping .wheel 35 is of the squirrel-cage ,typ'e,-that is, the endplates .are secured 4to they shaftl 29 and have .horizontal rods 59connecting them and spaced apart so Aas to Vmesh with the crimpingwheels 36 on the shaft 33; Stiffener plates 58 are mounted vupon theshaft 29 -between the end plates to prevent thev bending of the rods 59betweenl `,saidclad fplates, as. the `strandfyvires are being crimped.'In action the crimping wheels have the same effect as the oldtime p1 n.and 'toothed gea-r in crimping strand :'wlres, that is, as the wiresare fed between the Isquirrel cage and the crimping wheels 36, therods-'59 bear thejwires toward the root-of the gears 36.a.id crimp thesameto `nable the completed wire fabric'to stretch under the influenceof changes of temperature. Thecrimpin'g wheels 35 and 36 beingpositively driven, no chance is given for the strand wires` to slip andthey are fed` positively lto the twister -wheels, hereinafter mentioned.

illesh 'wire feeding mechaziz'srraf-A .bar 60 I extendslaeross the frontof the machine and 1s secured to the end frames 12. -'Said bar has twoseries `of arms mounted thereon I Fig. 1, arena synchronism and thetwist; ers 56 upon the even numberedspiders 58 by -the advancedAposition of the twisters is meant jthat position,

.` into and will enter the slots in the twisters-there tation of thirtydegrees by the vshaft 22,

venced positions; or thirty degrees in 'adl' are in synchronism,although. retarded thirt degrees withgrespect the former. In spea 'ngofthe entering positionof the twisters, that position is meant" where.the rollers 76 upon the rack bars 73 have just entered the'plane portionof the track 77 and degrees in ad;- Vancel of the entering position,`where .the ro1ler s,76 'are just aboutto enter upon :the spiral portionof the track 77. By intermediate position1 is meant vthat position halfwayv between saidj entering Fand afd-v vance of the entering position.

With the machine in operation the shaft 22 with the spiders 58 thereonwill be operated in' a clockwise directionas' s hown in Fig. 2, and thetwister wheespse win 3avance toward the front from theunders'ide of theshaft 22. The .short wire carrying arms 61 will be moved'` at the propertimel into registry with the slots -55 ntherlowest or first :vow of thetwister 'wheels 5 6,.- carv ried b the'arrns57, which have just movedthe entering position andthe meshl wires11` carried by said arms 61-will enter the slots 55 and pass tothe bottom ofsaid slots.Simultaneouswith this movement of, the arms'61, the longwire carryingarms 63'.v have been moved into registry with. that row of'twist'erwheels, upon the same spiders 58, which vhave entered .the uadvancedposition and the mesh wires 1 1 carried lby these arms 63 will enter the'twister slots 55 vand lie upon the strand and mesh wires therein. Asthere are4 six 1ugs-146 upon each of. the: wheels .26 and 43, said arms61`an'd 63 4:will be oscillated once for feach `thirty degree'. turn iofthe sha-'ft 22 lwith the spiders 58 thereon. ,Thus, after themesh'wlreshave Aentered the slots 55 in thmentering andy ad.- vanced setof twisters 56 upon one set of'-I sglider wheels, andthe shaft 22 vhasturned` t 'rty degrees, the wire 'carrying arms rwill,v be oscllated andthe mesh Vwires 11 will be' carried to the-second set of spiders thirtyldegrees retarded from the first-mentioned set.

on. While the mesh wires'are being directedto the entering and advancedtwisters upon this second set of spiders' 58 the strand -wires. 10 havefallen l into the. upwardlymoving slots 55 in the first row' oftWisters-upon the first set .of spiders which have moved to theintermediate position. A further rowill move the first row of twistersupon'the first set of spiders to the advanced position where the meshwire 11' will enter the slots 55 the twisters and'lie upon the othermesh wire 11 and the strand ."re 10. Simultaneous with this thestrand:dires are 'the slots. I further, the `strand"wi res 10 will- Senter thewheels and th measured. from 'i int' where wire'll is laid/into t e slot55byi'means` off@ and/fthe' slots 55- f' j j, ,Tend of this.. eriod,however, or approxiinatelyone.4 hun ed' and twenty deeesoffthefznvolngfwheels not be rotated,

Vshown in Fig. "17 and in' detailV lhasa A I in intermediate.position-on' the secondset slicing-engaged bythe slots 55 of thetwisters of spiders. `The mesh wires 11 are thus v caused to zigzagbetween the strand wires 10 and are bent at each intersection therezwith. After passing the advanced-position the twisters are caused torotate, the rollersy 76 engagingwith the advancing portion of the track77 and causing thelong gitudinal'move?" rying arms 61 will be moved atthe properi r tlme into regstry with the-,slots 55 in one rowg entertheslots, and.v .as f`the twisters Arevolve the wires will be drawn intothe bottom of As the. twister wheels are revolved slots `and lie uonjthe lower moshwiresfll which previous yqe'ntered 'theslots. A Furtherrotation of the shaft 22 cause the-lever 46 to be. thrown by one wheel,theshaft 47.. the has 5 2 andrews? se thrownA andl the 4longerwire carrye263 will be' moved will :enteg valeta 1 5 ci po wires 10! the lugs.1456 on be -oscillatedf and into-registry frowz'fftwister" eeh-wirescarriedggthereby' pra icallyf'sixtyldegrees of/td effirstpart o Ltherevoiutiom uf; sumisas/wheels 5e 7 the short'wire carrying armg6 and`71 are linre'gist the imesh fw loo wheels are given one complete Thissingle rotation of theu'gtwisterhwheelj' will cause' thebends inthe-mesh and twisted.' together after manner e nfie 13. There wlll be'1n reality two separated by aj distance equal tg/.thl'engthof f thespindle 70 of the twister wheeli't. tween the'se two, twists, the s d';and the mesh -wires 1 1- lie .ps alifahI twisting ofthe twowires'isleqiralent,

'to the double twist ofthe single'fwi1e,fsofarf Aas the strength, of'fthe unor'i the strand wire land .mesh wires isconcerned, andthe'twlsts being separated slightly im-A f Barts considerable rigidityto the .fabricurlng tlns 'i'.wlstlng operation` the strand wire 10,.has'occupied a position concentric -bendsn n.. win be noted fiom thedrawings niet to the marginal strand wires, only one mesh .Such amarginal twist is shown in Fig. 14.

A-.ft'erithe spiders 58 have passed through this rst one hundredandeighty degrees of their travel, the wheels 7 upon the left-hand'emdloithe racks 73 -will leave the track 77' andthe wheels 6 upon theright-hand end of sacd racks will engage the track 78 and v a retummovement of the racks 73 will be caused with. a corresponding turning ofthe twister wheel-s 5 6 operated by said racks. During the intermediatev.periodj between the leav- 'ing of the track 77 and the entering on thetrack T8, the finished fabric' will drop out of the slots in the twisterwheels and will: pass down to the reel 80 where the Vfal'nriewil'lbereeled. The reel construction constitutes no necessary part ofthisinvention, as lit has been` viously'patented'to me October 4, 1904 eZ.'1,1.t0' As shown in Figs. 19, 20 an 21, the. reel consists of thecentral shaft portion 85- with end spindles 86 and 87. Thel sprocketwheel39 is'held. inv place against side movement on the spindle86` bythe end frame-12 and bythe inner shaft'- ion 85 which in turn is held inplace` bythe head on the inner end vof said spindle* 88. The links 89arefpivoted at their ends to the hars 88 .and also pivoted tothe head ofthe inner shaft portion 85, so that'said` bars can collapse by beingmoved to the right, hand', as shown in Fig; 21./ The fabric is woundover thereel bars 88 whenlthey are in their outer position and they.arelheld in that outer position hy audisk 90,0n the spindle 87 which ismoved longitudinally by a lever 91, and said lever 'isnheld in place..by a rack 92 secured. tothe end frame 12.

When the lever 91 is moved to the left to the position shown in Fig.vv19 thevdisk 90 forces all of the bars 88 theleft from the full lineposition shown 1n Fig.21, tothe i full line position shown in Fig. 19,or the.

dottedf line position shown in Fig. 21.v After the coil of fabric hasbeen vfinished, .the lever 91 is thrown lto the right from the positionshown in Fig. 19, and the spindle 87 is disengaged which permits thereelto drop down or b e movedvwith the fabric thereon-and then the outerbars 88 of the lreel will readily collapse f'so that the reelcan bedrawn out of the coil of fabricfr After this thereel is replaced.

It must be understood that the mesh wire.

carrying arms 61 and 63 are infregistry withl the wheels at .the extremelimit of vmovement. of said arms in each ,direction and both types ofarms are in registry with different twister wheclsupon "the same ving inregistry with the twistcrs in the row in' advancenef the .row of4twisters with whlch the short armsare in. registry and thelateralfthrow moves each of said arms from'one peripheral row oftwisters to the next one andback again so that when said 4armsvare at.their extreme left-hand positions, a short arm will be in registry withone peripheral row of twisters, while the 'long arm will be in registrywith the next .next and by, having adoublesetof ax-ms,

one longer than vthe other,'n"ot only is the capacity of themachinedoubled, and the extent of throw 'of the arms reduced one half, but themeshwire carried by the long arm will be put into the slot after theother mesh wire has 'been put into the slot, and, therefore, cause saidinesh wires to enter the slot in the right consecutive order.v Guard.frames 95jf-and 96"' surround theftracks Z7 and 78, respectively, and.protect the 0p- "eratlfnI l I claim as my invention: Af

.1. A'machine for making wire fabric,'.in cluding .meansfor movingparallel strand' wires through the' machine, means for Acar-v rying amesh wirefrom one stra-nd wire to.

the next `4strand 'wire andback againalternately, and means fortwist-ing each bend of a mesh wire about-fthe strand wireat two pointsspaced apart sothat4 a vportion-of the mesh wire at 'each bend willlieparallel--with the'strandwire.

2. A machine for making wire fabric, in cluding means formovingiaj-series of parallel strand` wires through 'themachine, meansfor carrying a'meshl wire' from one strand wire of each pairo strandwires' to the next strand wire of each pairandback againalternately'ythe bends of adjacent mesh wires registering withfeachother, and' means for twisting the adjacent bends of themesh wires aboutthe strand Vwires' and in the 'same direction sothat they. willinterlock.'

3:, machine foi-making ivrefabric, includ' "arotaifyjfrairefa series: oftwisters revolu Aly ,mounted-thereon 'so .as to be rota- 65 .spiders at.the Sametime, thelongarms each other at the fon said frame for means'foi-*maintainaidk twisterfs', a 'smgle strand wires into? position tobeengaged by twolof sai twister sets, means moving f 'meshfwjresirst inone twister and then in 'moving' transversely movingrineans for plac--ing'a lsecondmesh wire saidtwisters after the first mesh .wire has 'beenPlaced therein,

svolving said twisters in a'fplane longitudilongitudinall a plurality oftransverse rows j row of twisters, an arm movably mounted in;l

lpair .of twister's for alternately' placing a 5. A"machine for ma' gwire fabric, in-

cludmg'a iralneforav transverse bar, a

`pr ject ing into proximity with the path of' theY next twister adjacentthereto, one of means for oscillating said arms between each mesh wiretherein,'and means for actuating the twisters.

4. A machine for making wire fabric, including a plurality,of sets oftwisters a1'- ranged in' staggered position with lreference to achother, means for revolving' said twi erfsets vin substantially parallelIplanes,

means fer'main'taning and 'movlng marginal the nextftwister-adjaeentetheretm 'oppositely and means for actua the twisters. j

transverse series of 'twisters, means 'for renally offthe machine, meansfor maintain; ing and movinga of strand t wiresin position tov reeewesaid .twisters as they are revolved, arms pivoted'on said vframe and'the twlsters, a single'means -for osclllating said arms transverselyofthemahlle between each pair of twisters for placing-,alternatelytherewith 'a mesh',wire,`and means for actuating the twister.

6. ".A- machine for making wire-fabric, i1 cluding apluralitybttransverse rows of twisters arranged in staggeredposition-alternately with reference to each'qther,means for revolvingthem .in a plane longitudi-- nally of 'the machine, means: formaintainingand moving a strand wire adapted to be engaged by eachtwister as it is revolved, transversely `-moving means reciprocatorybetween'each pair of twistersfor placing mesh wires first in one twisterand then in said means adapted to place onemesh wire inatwister beforethe twister receives the strand wire, an intermediate set ofl 'Saidmeans for placingthef adjacent meshjwire vin any one twister after ithaslreceived the strand wire, and means for actuating the twisters. Y

7. A machine for making wire fabric, including a main ixed 'frame, a-re'voluble frame extending transversely of. the machine and revolved ina plane cutting vthe machine of-twister s,.t e twisters of the adjacentrows being staggered in posit-ion relative to each other so that thereis a number of peripheral the next row in g and transverselyyreciprocating a mesh wire'between each peripheral row of twisters andalternately 'placing said mesh wire 1n atwister in rstone row and .then'in' each `alternate arm being longer than the yotherarms sothat eachalternate mesh wire will Abe laced by the short arms into the twisterbei) ers receive the strandA wires and the adjacent mesh wires and theother-mesh wires will be, placed .in saidtwistersby the long arms af terthe twistershave Areceived the strand wires, and means for actuating thetwisters.

ore the twist- 8. A machine for making wire fabric, in-

av plurality of sta er so that there is and V'alternately.

9. A machine for Vmaking wire fabric, in-

cluding a main fixed frame, a revolublje-rame extending transversely ofthe machine and revolved in a plane cuttin the'machine longitudinally, apluralityo transverse rows of twisters,-'the twistersof the adjacentrows vbeing staggered in position relative to each other so that thereisa number of peripheral rows of twisters, meansl for maintainin auf;movingaJ 'Strand wire for each perip eral row of twisters, anVarmmovably lmounted in connection :with the main-v frame for carry-.ngand transversely reciprocating a mesh' wire between each peripheralrow of twisters 12o and alternately placing said mesh wire'in a twisterin first one 'rowand then in the next row,v ea'ch alternate arm, beingsufficiently longer than the vother arms to reach and `cluding a. mainfixed frame, .a revoluble frame; extending transverselyl'fofthelimachineand. revolved in a plane cutting the machine longitudinally,transverse rows of. twisters,the twisters of the-adjacent Irows beintion relative toea'ch ot a ngmber of periphe ral rows of ltwisters,meansfor maintaining and moving a'strand wire foreach peripheralrow. o ftwisters, an arm movably mountedin connection with the main frameforcarryingand transversely reciprocating a mesh wire between eachperipheral rowy of.' twist'ers placing-said mesligwire in a`twister .infirstA one row and thenfin"l the nextl row, each al- 1';

ternate'armbeingvlonger than the other arms sothateach alternate'meshwirewill be` placed by. the short arms into the twisters before thevtwisters. reoeiv'e the strand wires and thefadjacent mesh wiresand theother mesh ivires will be placed in said twisters by the long 'armsafter the twisters .have "received the strand wires, `means forsimultaneously reciprocating all of "said -meshwire carryin Varms in onedirection` and then in the ot er, and means'for actuating the twisters.v

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rows of twisters, means for maintaining anda p lcef the mesh wires inthe transverse row of moving a strand wire for. each peripheral,l

twistcrs preceding thel row of twisters being served by the short arms,a 'bar pivotally CQI'mection with the main frame for carry-'J' mountedto each series of arms-.and a roeking lever connectedwith said bars forreclprocatmg' the ;two .sets of arms simulltaneously 1n oppositedirections.-

' t that it will actuate each-rack, while the same is revolved. throughabout, one hundred and twenty degrees and during the remainder of therevolution will not actuate said rack .whereby one track will actuate arack for about one hundred and twentydegrees and there will be noactuation for about sixty degrees and the other'track will return therack through-one h undred and twenty defgrees and during thenext sixtydegrees there will be no actuation of the rack.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

GEORGE W. WHITTINGTON. Witnesemw 1111s `E. H. Maro.l

